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What Are The World's Oddest Creation Myths?
1 month ago - 1 answer
Explanations on how the world came to be can be found in almost every culture and faith and vary from the traditional to the truly unusual. From giant eggs to homicide, these tales of the world’s beginning are more than a little strange.
Norse
In the beginning there was nothing but the ice of Niflheim in the north and the fire of Muspelheim in the south. The empty gap between them was known as Ginnungagap and was a void where the few stray bits of ice could sometimes meet with sparks of flame.
These ice fragments melted and eventually, if inexplicably, formed a hermaphrodite giant named Ymir and a cow. This was convenient, because the giant was able to survive by drinking milk from the cow’s udders, while the cow in turn was able to survive on nothing read more...
Norse
In the beginning there was nothing but the ice of Niflheim in the north and the fire of Muspelheim in the south. The empty gap between them was known as Ginnungagap and was a void where the few stray bits of ice could sometimes meet with sparks of flame.
These ice fragments melted and eventually, if inexplicably, formed a hermaphrodite giant named Ymir and a cow. This was convenient, because the giant was able to survive by drinking milk from the cow’s udders, while the cow in turn was able to survive on nothing read more...
answer by Susan_h 3 weeks ago
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Why Is Friday 13th Considered Unlucky?
4 years ago - 2 answers
Friday the 13th is considered to be an unlucky day in much of Western Europe, North America, and Australia. Many people avoid travelling or signing contracts on Friday the 13th. Floors in tall buildings often skip from 12 to 14, and while the superstition is believed to be fading, it nonetheless has deep roots in both Christian and pagan culture.
me'nthedogs
Many Christians have long believed that Friday was unlucky because it was the day of the week when Jesus was crucified. The number 13 was believed to bring bad luck because there were 13 people at The Last Supper. Since there were 12 tribes of Israel, that number was considered lucky.
Thirteen was also a sinister number in Norse mythology. Loki, one of the most evil of the Norse gods, went uninvited to a party for 12 at Valhalla, a banquet read more...
me'nthedogs
Many Christians have long believed that Friday was unlucky because it was the day of the week when Jesus was crucified. The number 13 was believed to bring bad luck because there were 13 people at The Last Supper. Since there were 12 tribes of Israel, that number was considered lucky.
Thirteen was also a sinister number in Norse mythology. Loki, one of the most evil of the Norse gods, went uninvited to a party for 12 at Valhalla, a banquet read more...
answer by Guest 4 years ago
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What Are Some Real Life Spy Gadgets?
4 weeks ago - 2 answers
When we watch James Bond movies we are always amazed by Q and his massive workshop of clever toys -- watches that shoot lasers, X-ray glasses, bagpipes with flamethrowers – all fun, murderous toys of secret destruction.
The crazy part of it all is that there are tons of these gadgets in real life, thanks to the CIA.
It looks like: A belt buckle
but It’s actually: A Hacksaw
Scenario: You’re deep undercover within the enemy stronghold (which is a missile silo hidden within an active volcano), when the international terrorist that’s going to hold the world hostage asks you to perform the secret super-villain handshake. You say, “But why? We’re all bad guys here! Let’s get to some world dominating! Am I right, fellas?!” The villain just wants to be sure that you’re playing read more...
The crazy part of it all is that there are tons of these gadgets in real life, thanks to the CIA.
It looks like: A belt buckle
but It’s actually: A Hacksaw
Scenario: You’re deep undercover within the enemy stronghold (which is a missile silo hidden within an active volcano), when the international terrorist that’s going to hold the world hostage asks you to perform the secret super-villain handshake. You say, “But why? We’re all bad guys here! Let’s get to some world dominating! Am I right, fellas?!” The villain just wants to be sure that you’re playing read more...
answer by Limpl0uie 4 weeks ago
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How Is Technology Helping The Environment?
2 months ago - 2 answers
Depending on which futurologist you choose to pluck your cards from our dear environment is either finished, going to finish or finished last Thursday, which is a bit like being finished.
But even the most miserable scientists believe it’s still better to give something a go and get a few more minutes paddling around in the new world ocean rather than sit in the corner with their hands over our ears shouting, There’s no such thing as global warming… There’s no such thing...
Take pre-eminent scientist, originator of the Gaia hypothesis and inventor of the microwave oven James Lovelock: “Climate change is happening and will shape the future world. It is unlikely that we will succeed in slowing the pace of change, mainly because we are too slow and unable to make effective responses read more...
But even the most miserable scientists believe it’s still better to give something a go and get a few more minutes paddling around in the new world ocean rather than sit in the corner with their hands over our ears shouting, There’s no such thing as global warming… There’s no such thing...
Take pre-eminent scientist, originator of the Gaia hypothesis and inventor of the microwave oven James Lovelock: “Climate change is happening and will shape the future world. It is unlikely that we will succeed in slowing the pace of change, mainly because we are too slow and unable to make effective responses read more...
answer by Anthonymac 2 months ago
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What Different Funeral Customs Are There In The World?
1 month ago - 1 answer
Dying is never fun but a lot depends on where you are in the world when you decide it's time to drop. So, should you feel like finishing things off in a slightly different way, here are some of the more interesting funeral customs across the globe:
Eaten by vulturesSo we'll start with one of the more interesting and ancient ones. The ancient Zoroastrians believed life was a constant battle between light and dark, good and evil. Their duty was to preserve the natural balance until, as with all eschataological beliefs, the world would end and a new better world would be born in which true believers would live forever in spiritual delight.
However, in the boring material world people die and need to be disposed of. How to do this without upsetting the elements? Well the Zoroastrian way, which read more...
Eaten by vulturesSo we'll start with one of the more interesting and ancient ones. The ancient Zoroastrians believed life was a constant battle between light and dark, good and evil. Their duty was to preserve the natural balance until, as with all eschataological beliefs, the world would end and a new better world would be born in which true believers would live forever in spiritual delight.
However, in the boring material world people die and need to be disposed of. How to do this without upsetting the elements? Well the Zoroastrian way, which read more...
answer by Anthonymac 1 month ago
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